Vice President Membership

Jeff is a current CEO/Managing Director and former CIO, who’s parlayed being a builder labourer at 16, a teen father and a high school drop out into a successful career in ICT spanning almost 30 years. He is experienced in business transformation, cyber security, and governance and brings a high level of entrepreneurial business thinking to the enterprise. Jeff is the first Regional Ambassador appointed by the ACS, and works with ICT educators and professionals in country Victoria to increase awareness of, and improve, the ICT profession in the regions. Jeff has post graduate degrees in Business and Cyber Security and is a certified CISSP. He is on the Housing Industry Association (HIA) Regional Executive Committee for Victoria, a part of the Bendigo Education Plan, a member of the Bendigo Tech School Industry Advisory Committee, a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Senior Member and Certified Professional of the Australian Computer Society. Jeff is passionate about education and personal growth, and a has a deep and personal understanding that everyone learns differently.

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Anna has a PhD in computer science (health informatics) with a strong research background in health, cross cultural education, access and equity in healthcare, technology policy and governance, industry integration and more recently mental health and neurodiversity in the technology sector. Anna has over 12 years experience as a senior higher education leader both in Australia and overseas. She spent 4.5 years working in Viet Nam followed by 18 months as an independent higher education quality assurance expert who designed and built a QA framework for all of Viet Nam’s medical universities.   Anna has significant experience in leading and conducting accreditation for higher education providers and in designing innovative and high performing higher education degrees and certification short courses with industry integration. She firmly believes that modern universities should be the centre of transformative, creative thinking, problem solving and capability building and this can only be achieved through open, integrated and equitable conversations with industry and community stakeholders.   Anna is a registered company director, has previously owned her own start-ups and been engaged as a health and higher education consultant with EY.

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I am a business-focused Digital Technology professional with a breadth of experience that has enabled me to deliver effective solutions for a wide variety of business problems and stakeholders. I thrive on change without compromising business as usual. My current role is Associate Director – IT Solutions for Arts Centre Melbourne. I am leading the digital transformation of the Customer Experience Program. My capabilities include driving work forward with executives in a positive and constructive way; growing and developing a business and its people; building collaborative partnerships with customers, stakeholders, vendors, and technical teams to achieve successful business outcomes. I have strong leadership skills, having developed, and led high performing teams, including creating collaborative innovative team cultures across multiple business divisions. I have a particular interest in the way technology is evolving, and in providing strategic technology leadership to bring benefits to businesses and their clients and in sharing my passion with professional associations.

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Tom Worthington is an independent computer professional, award winning educational designer and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Research School of Computer Science at the Australian National University. He previously worked on IT policy forthe Australian Department of Defence and HQ Australian Defence Force. In 1999 Tom was elected a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society for his contribution to the development of public Internet policy. He is a Past President, Honorary Life Member, Certified Professional and a Certified Computer Professional of the ACS as well as a voting member of the Association for Computing Machinery and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

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I specialise in partnering with organisations in the telecommunications and technology sectors on cyber security initiatives. I have over 20 years’ experience in strategic analysis and advice in information and cyber security, and program delivery and governance. Prior to joining CyberCX, I had careers in the telecommunications industry and the Commonwealth Government. I am a passionate advocate for continuous learning and development and hold several project management, governance, and cyber security certifications.

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I have over 25 years of experience, skills and achievements in the domains of fisheries science, innovation, science and technology and economic development, with state and national networks in industry, research and government. These capabilities are coupled with demonstrated interpersonal skills in communicating with people from variety of backgrounds and building working relations, and championing innovators and initiatives through collaboration, networking, facilitation and translating ideas into actions. I am deeply passionate about professional and career development, and diversity and inclusion that supports the development of a rich innovative pool of talent in Tasmania and nationally in data, digital and cyber security. This is reflected in my current digital workforce capability development professional work in Tasmanian Government and in my volunteering work as the Tasmanian Chapter Lead for Australian Women in Security Network (AWSN), member of the TasICT WFD sub-committee, a recent former member of the Tasmanian ACS Branch Executive Committee (BEC), and as a member of AISA. I also lead the Tassie Women in Innovation and Tech Linkedin network with over 90 members ranging from senior professionals to recent graduates in ICT/cyber/innovation located in Tasmania. The focus is providing an informal, safe and supportive network that champions innovation and supports individual professional and career development.

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Ben Kereopa-Yorke operates at the nexus of AI and cognitive security governance, dynamical systems theory, and cyber risk quantification, blending theoretical innovation with practical security frameworks. His research in AI security explores the application of chaos theory and game-theoretic approaches to AI risk modeling, while his broader research interests span computational linguistics, sociolinguistics, sociotechnical systems impacts, information warfare, social engineering, and the philosophical implications of human-computer interaction. As a published researcher and Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, Senior Security Specialist and AI/ML Security SME at Telstra, alongside his role as a core team member of the OWASP Machine Learning Security Top Ten, his work bridges academia and industry in addressing emerging AI and cognitive security challenges. Currently pursuing a second Master's in Cyber Security Operations at UNSW Canberra as well as postgraduate Neuroscience at UNE, Ben is passionate about fostering interdisciplinary approaches to security research and mentoring the next generation of security professionals through various industry initiatives. Ben holds postgraduate qualifications in Terrorism and Security Studies, as well as Cloud Computing and Virtualisation. Current certifications include the AWS Machine Learning Speciality, Drone Security Operations Certificate from DroneSec, and the Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP) from the IAPP.

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I am eternally curious, driven by meaning and purpose in environments that embrace collective leadership and compassion with a sense of fun. I believe in cultures where leveraging our strengths and looking out for one another is our superpower; the secret sauce. With a strategic and pragmatic mindset, I bring extensive experience as a senior IT professional and problem solver in complex organizations. My expertise lies in digital modernization, transformation, and cyber security, gained through executive and management roles across diverse sectors like public health, utilities, and state government as well as consulting in the private sector. I advocate for evidence-based decision making and embedding intellectual property in processes and technology to boost organisational resilience and retain institutional memory. I champion flexible ways of working, neurodiversity, equity, and inclusivity for all minority groups.

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Following formal education in Computer Science, I held Software Engineering and Analysis responsibilities prior to a technology recruiting career, including extensive business management responsibilities. I was a Board Director at the Project Management Institute until 2019, and remain a Board Member at the University of Technology Sydney (MBT program). I am also a casual lecture UTS on Technologist Intercultural Communication Skills and assist UTS ICT related with curriculum review. I manage a technology training company, a technology recruiting company, and a technology marketing company. The marketing company organises technology leadership events across Australia called TECHLED, that I personally host and has also led to me assisting with other Technology Events in Australia, such as CeBIT where in 2018 I was the Master of Ceremonies for the Plenary Presentations. I am a dynamic operator with a modern approach to business. I am decisive, and like to drive through strategic initiatives into tactical actions that lead to ideas being turned into reality, and into objectives being achieved. With ACS demonstrating significant investment with a new & modern approach to member benefits, I would like to complement this journey by bringing strategic ideas and actionable plans that assist with the continuous development and modernisation of the Australian Computer Society.

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Offering a proven track record setting the strategic IT vision for a range of businesses spanning all stages of the organisational lifecycle, I am passionate about creating technology capabilities that drive tangible business outcomes. Reflective and strategic in my approach, I lead by developing a comprehensive understanding of the challenges inhibiting maximum business performance. I seek to partner with executives, business managers and technical teams to consider different approaches and perspectives to mature technological capabilities and future proof businesses, delivering solutions that realise improved functionality, stability and cost efficiency. Trained as a network engineer, my expertise spans ICT infrastructure and operations, including Dev Ops, ITSM, cyber security and cloud computing/virtualisation/SaaS. Alongside strong people, project, change and financial management skills, I have developed a reputation as a trusted business partner and IT leader with full proficiency across the strategy to execution cycle. I set high expectations, championing ongoing learning as an essential to success in the progressive digital landscape. Drawn to challenge, I dedicate myself to reaching a successful outcome, and it is this drive for continuous improvement and evolution that defines my leadership approach.

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Jan has recently retired from Associate Professor at Box Hill Institute and specialises in the Internet of Things. He is the author of 7 textbooks, in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Programming and Software Engineering, Graphical User Interfaces and Distributed Programming, and of over 80 papers. He is Adjunct Professor at Canberra University and Adjunct Lecturer at Charles Sturt University.

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Rosemary is a seasoned health technology business leader having worked with global companies and co-founded one of Australia's leading health tech start-ups that was successfully acquired and ASX listed in 2015. Having gained extensive experience in conceptualising and driving complex digital projects - predominantly in the healthcare sector, her experience includes strategic planning, implementation of risk and compliance frameworks and organisational change strategies. She has a strong interest in privacy, data governance and ethics, especially in data use, security and the emerging AI landscape.